Your 2 Cents’ Worth for Tuesday, October 10, 2017

I’ve lived downtown now for nine years and love the events that take place at the Western Gateway area but the mess the vendors leave is incredible. There are large areas of grease and spilled food all up and down the streets. Please power spray and sanitize the concrete when each event is done.

— Downtown Walker 50309

When a DNR representative was asked at a recent forum whether Iowa was progressing on water quality, he said "slightly." That was a true honest answer and I hope he won't get fired.

— Central Iowan

As a parent we work hard to keep the kids connected to their education. We have to deal with the stress, frustration, nervousness, fear as our child afraid to go back to school. Bad behavior children are robbing my child of a solid education, they are physically violent, verbally & emotionally ill.

— Central Iowa concern

Without starting a Hatfield & McCoy situation, what is a person to do when he sees his neighbor bringing sacks of corn and minerals and pouring them right out in front of his deer stands? This has been going on for several years. Bow season must be starting soon!

— Ethical Hunter 50222

What's with these shiny new white "privacy" fences popping up around my neighborhood? Vinyl, solid, 6-feet high, glaring and intrusive. We don't need a "border wall!"

— Ruined view in 50131

American colleges and universities are doing just fine. The "PC crowd" are nice people. with manners. Conservative speakers spew hate, lies and division. Which group doesn't belong on any campus?

— "Informed" obviously never went

I have heard many people say Donald Trump is dividing our country. Please remember the saying "Divide and conquer."

— Remember History Class

My county has good reasonable zoning regulations that protect rural residents, but can do nothing when someone wants to build a new hoglot. The Iowa I knew 40 years ago would be horrified at the Iowa of today, which has thrown rural residents under the hoglot bus.

— North Central Iowan

I will not judge the people of North Korea by their leader and ask that they please do the same for us.

— Alive In Clive

If you don't like making $9 per hour at Burger King, there are plenty of employers out there that are hiring and paying more. Of course you might have to do physical labor.

— Retired M'town worker

Universities are just big corporations with low productivity and high executive costs; don't give them a nickle. Support a student instead.

— Joe

If the police want to observe people texting and driving (including while stopped at stop signs and stop lights), have them ride a school bus. Drivers see texting every time we drive.